Notebook belonging to Lawrence Durrell, entitled Poems in Rough, containing draft poems and sayings. As well as untitled works, this volume includes the following titled poems: Why Wait?; Punks in the Nimes Arenas 1987; Beziers Lines; A Blue Light at Dusk; Flooded Nimes; Princess X; Punks at t...
Notebook produced by Livre D'Or belonging to Lawrence Durrell and containing drafts of poems and sayings. Reputed to be the notebook Durrell was using at the time of his death in 1993, the second half of this volume is blank. It includes two titled poems: A Song for Cunegonde; A Keepsake. Th...
Notebook containing a manuscript draft of Monsieur
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A rebound notebook belonging to Lawrence Durrell containing a partial draft of the novel, Monsieur, or The Prince of Darkness, published in 1974. The draft consists of heavily annotated typed sections of Durrell's writings stuck into the notebook with tape, as well as writing directly onto the...
A folder of loose writings by Lawrence Durrell, mostly consisting of poems, both handwritten and typed. The titled pieces of writing in the folder are: 12 Commandments (indispensable to a work of art); Don’t Let Poor Nellie Starve; Poeme en Petit Negre; a translation of the start of Homer’s Ody...